Peach Crop Seen Reduced by Hail in Timber Ridge
Hail swept Timber Ridge on Thursday afternoon reducing the county peach crop. National Fruit Co. holdings, Ray Robinson Jr., and the Gold Orchard wer e hit, with about 8,000 young trees expected to bear fruit this year. Losses to apples and peaches at Cross Junction also reported. Oates said no hail on his 180 acre orchard.
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Timber Ridge
National Fruit Co
Ray Robinson Jr
Gold Orchard
Max and
Paul Braithwaite
Cross Junction
C. Oates
B E LaFollette Dies at Berryville
Browndell E. LaFollette age 86 died at 12 30 p m today at his Berryville home after years of declining health He was born December 11 1863 in Hampshire County West Virginia He moved to Clarke County about 40 years ago and farmed before settling in Berryville His wife Mintie Anderson LaFollette preceded him There are no children Surviving is his listed widow Mrs Mac B Hook of Winchester Funeral plans were not finished this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browndell E. LaFollette
Berryville
Mr. LaFollette
Hampshire County
W. Va
Timber Ridge
James A
Caroline Anderson LaFollette
Clarke County
Mintie Anderson LaFollette
West Virginia
Mac B. Hook
Winchester
Martinsburg Men Injured Painting Quonset Hat Fall
Bruce McDonald of Inwood and David Throckmorton of WV Route 4 are treated at City Hospital after a fall while painting a Quonset hut on Throckmorton’s farm Tuesday. McDonald sustains a broken back and fractured leg. Throckmorton has two leg fractures.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Bruce McDonald
Inwood
David Throckmorton
West Virginia
Falls Church Population Rises by 1950 Census
Preliminary 1950 census figures show Falls Church with 7 529 residents, up 4 953 from 1940. Arch ie E Miller Alexandria District census supervisor announced the results. A $75 000 000 appropriation to build three supersonic wind tunnels for designing better war planes is recommended to Congress by the House Appropriations Committee.
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Falls Church
Archie E. Miller
Alexandria
Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Child Dies of Injuries in South Boston Crash
Nine year old Walter Earl Bagbey died in a hospital yesterday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident on Thursday. The incident occurred in South Boston, and details of the crash are reported as part of local notices.
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South Boston
Walter Earl Bagbey
Isabelle Segal
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fonda
Alexandria
Chesapeake & Ohio
International Soundphoto
Emperor Hirohito's Daughter Weds $20-a-Month Attendant
Princess Taka, 20, wed Toshimichi Takatsukasa, a museum attendant earning $20 a month, in a private Shinto ceremony at Prince Takamatsu's home. About 30 family members attended as thousands lined the route to the ceremony. The couple will live in rented quarters at former Adm. Saburo Hyakutake's residence and Takatsukasa will return to work Monday.
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Tokyo
Princes Taka
Hirohito
Toshimichi Takatsukasa
Prince Takamatsu
Imperial Palace
Nobusuke
Meiji Jingu
Taka
Cient
Takatsukasa
Adm
Saburo Hyakutake
Words on authorization and appropriation explain government funding
James Marlow explains how authorization sets a spending ceiling while appropriation actually provides the funds. He uses the Marshall Plan and agencies like the ECA to show the yearly cycle and why permanent bodies differ from temporary ones, a practice rooted in early 19th century rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Congress
Tabacana Mara Ctan
State Department
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
Planning Group Continues Meeting at State Planning Assembly
A two day meeting for a Virginia regional planning association continued in Natural Bridge. The temporary chairman outlined the objective, forming a state wide organization of Virginians interested in regional planning.
Hirohito Advises Daughter Before Marrying Commoner
Emperor Hirohito counsels his second daughter Taka on simple living and family duties before her marriage to Toshimichi Takatsukasa. He urges consulting her husband on tough issues, noting life outside the palace differs and to keep doors locked.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Taka
Toshimichi Takatsukasa
Takatsukasa
Man Held After Shooting at Washington Office
Thomas G. Coanes 43 of Arlington Virginia manager of a food distributing firm was critically wounded today in a shooting at his office 316 F St N E Luther R Weakley 57 of 1217 G St SE walked into a precinct and admitted the shooting He was held on an open charge Carnes Blue Plate Food Co manager discharged Weakley who was wounded in the head and shoulder and treated at Casualty Hospital
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Washington
Thomas G. Coanes
Arlington
F St. N. E
Luther R. Weakley
G. St
Anthony Cuozan
Noah Smallwood's Rites Scheduled
Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m DST tomorrow at Brown Funeral Home Martinsburg for Noah Janney Smallwood 64 who died yesterday morning at his home in Ridgeway after a months long illness Burial will be in Paynes Chapel cemetery He was born in Berkeley County son of Lucy Swartz Smallwood and the late Shipley Smallwood a carpenter and lifelong Ridgeway resident He belonged to Paynes Chapel Methodist Church Surviving are his wife the former Miss May Whittington Ridgeway five sons Russell Martinsburg Wilson Winchester Harley Ridgeway Thurman Ridgeway and Meredith at home two daughters Mrs Thelma Chapman Bunker Hill and Mrs Agnes Wetzel Tabler Station 11 grandchildren two brothers James Smallwood Pikeside and Earl Smallwood Rest Va and three sisters Mrs Bruce Swisher Pikeside Mrs Burlin Slonaker Ridgeway and Mrs John Swartz Ridgeway
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Brown Funeral Home
Martinsburg
Noah Janney Smallwood
Ridgeway
Paynes Chapel Cemetery
Berkeley County
Lucy Swartz Smallwood
Shipley Smallwood
Paynes’ Chapel Methodist Church
May Whittington
Russell
Martinsburg Wilson
Winchester
Harley Ridgeway
Thurman
Meredith
Thelma Chapman
Bunker Hill
Agnes Wetzel
Tabler Station
James Smallwood
Pikeside
Earl Smallwood
Rest
Bruce Swisher
Burlin Slonaker
John Swartz
Virginia planning leaders discuss balanced economic life
Mrs. Robert S. Pickens of Ashburn chairs Loudoun County Planning Commission and Paul E. Middleton of Arlington outline coordinating Virginia communities with conservation of natural historic and aesthetic resources.
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Robert S. Pickens
Virginia
Mrs. Pickens
Ashburn
Loudoun County
Shrimp Exports From Gulf Reach Hawaii Philippines and China
Dried Gulf of Mexico shrimp are shipped to Hawaii the Philippines and China for use as food or feed. The report notes strong demand in Asia and ongoing trade with U S markets.
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Gulf of Mexico
Hawaii
Philippines
China
Blast devastates New Jersey waterfront killing twenty six
At 6 25 p m a massive explosion on munitions barges in a mile square town near the Raritan Bay killed 26 people and injured 312. Army mines and rescue squads patrolled the area as authorities opened an inquiry into what caused the blast.
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New York
New York City
Pennsylvania
Raritan Bay
Isbrandtsen Line
Far East
Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office
Four $1 winners plus top entries in local photo contest
The Loudoun St. Stipe event showcases four first prize pictures by Stipe and four more by Clarence Lamp of Winchester. Other winners include Hillary M. Brant and Charles Anderson. The annual contest is organized by the local camera club led by Charles E. Murphy. all entrants are amateurs.
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Stipe
Barkley
Queen Anne Hadley
Handley School
Clarence Lamp
Winchester
van Johnson
Queen
Johnson
Hillary M. Brant
Charles Anderson
Camera Club
Charles E. Murphy
Methodist Site May Be Found
A special Winchester District Conference session will meet at 8 p.m. June 20 in Woodstock to consider moving the district parsonage site from Winchester to Woodstock. The Woodstock location sits near the district center in the Virginia Conference. The conference also voted to accept a $15,000 offer for the present Winchester parsonage on Fairmont Avenue.
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Woodstock
Winchester
The
Methodist Church
F. B. Oglesby
Virginia
Fairmont Avenue
Car Upset Near Nain Injures Driver
A 1946 Mercury convertible driven by Harkless left Route 522 and overturned in a residence yard near Nain. The driver was hospitalized with a fractured jaw, broken right arm, and facial lacerations. Dr M D Custer Jr reported the patient as in good general condition. Trooper L P Coverstone said Harkless was en route to Worthington Pennsylvania.
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Robert F
Nain
M. D. Custer Jr
Winchester Memorial Hospital
L. P. Coverstone
Harkless
Worthington
23 Year Old Man Held After Stabbing Death
Chicago police report a 23-year-old man confessed to stabbing Patricia Swarts a 16 year old high school student found on her South Side doorstep. The suspect Raymond Janke lived near South Side High School and claimed he went out for a random attack with a butcher knife.
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Chicago
Patricia Swarts
Andrew W. Aitken
Raymond Janke
South Side
Aitken
Janke
Janice
Humane Society To Hold Annual Meeting
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will hold its annual meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the trustee room at the Handley Library. All members are urged to attend. those absent should mail 1950 dues to treasurer Mrs. Robert T. Lozier 2118 Washington St. The article notes wireless history and early views of short waves evolving toward television services.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Handley Library
Robert T. Lozier
Washington St
New Dwellings Here To Cost $25,000
Permits issued in Winchester cover three new homes totaling 25000 dollars. A 10000 dollar two story frame house at 348 Miller Street is planned by Mr and Mrs Howard Shockey of Berryville. A 6000 dollar two story brick dwelling on Frederick Avenue is by Marshall A and Julia A Stine of 328 Fairview Ave. A 14 story brick veneer dwelling at 306 West Whitlock Avenue is by Elaine H Chamberlain of Well-
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Winchester
Miller St
Howard Shockey
Berryville
Frederick Ave
Marshall A
Julia A. Stine
Fairview Ave
W. Whitlock Ave
Elaine H. Chamberlain
Construction permit granted for block building project
Carl L. Spitzer of 743 Berryville Ave. has received a construction permit for a block building to be used as a shop and storage room with an estimated cost of $9,000.
To Arrive Soon Ivan G Ponton to Newport R I May 23
Ivan G Ponton chief boatswain's mate USN of Star Tile nery is scheduled to arrive in Newport Rhode Island May 23 for four month cruise in the Mediterranean as a crew member of the destroyer USS Hanson.
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Ivan G. Ponton
USN
Star Tile Nery
Newport
R. I
Hanson
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Gussie) Moran
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Mt. Stalin
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Soviet Union
Emperor Hirohito
Noah Smallwood
Comfortad
Winchester Furniture
John Leonard
Charles Bersin
Stalin
Boyce
Loudoun St
Humane Society
Bank Credit
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
WINC
First Assembly of God Church
N. Cameron St
By Evangelist L. K. Dodge
Dodge
Capon Springs
Mon
H. T. French
Adventist Church of Winchester
the Friendly Church
Berryville Ave
Virginia Avenue
Winchester’s Shopping Center
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